MapRun6 is an app which allows you to use your smartphone to enjoy orienteering without needing to set up physical control points on the ground. There are now MapRun courses set up all across Glasgow which you can go and run right now, with more new ones being added.
Using MapRun, you can run an orienteering course using either the map on your phone screen or a paper version; the only difference from a “traditional” course is that there are no physical markers on the ground. Instead, the phone tracks your location as you run and vibrates or buzzes to confirm when you’ve reached each control point on the course.
Could this be the launch of our restart? Discussions have been initiated.
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Plan is to upload a new video every month to stimulate and motivate dormant orienteers. 4 days till next video.
As of Thursday 25th February 2021 - 65 Units - 55 Seniors (34M+21W) + 10 Juniors (5M+ 5W).
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The joint project between East Ayrshire's LOST {Learning Outdoors Support Team} & STAG is on hold.
Orienteering is a sport that combines map reading and running. Competitors have to find their way between a series of checkpoints, called controls, as quickly as possible. There’s no set route between the controls, so you have to decide which way to go and then find your way there without getting lost.